REV. A. G. P. DODGE, JRo > ier 
1884 TO 1898 


CHRIST CHURCH 


FREDERICA, GEORGIA ‘\ 


St. James’ Parish 


St. Simon’s Island, Georgia 


A COMMEMORATION 


One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Anniversary 
June 29, 1910 


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Program 


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PROCESSIONAL 


Hymn 521 
“From the Night of Doubt and Sorrow’’ 
(Music by the Rector) 


CELEBRANT 


THE BisHOP OF GEORGIA 
ASSISTED BY 
Reverend Messrs F. A. Brown, G. S. Whitney, and R. E. Boykin 


Hymn 249 
“‘O Sion Haste, Thy Mission High Fulfilling’’ 


SERMON 
BY 


THE BISHOP OF ATLANTA 


OFFERTORY 


RECESSIONAL 


HyMNn 490 
““Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken’’ 


Recess 


LUNCHEON 


Open-Air Meeting Under the Oaks 
BISHOP REESE, PRESIDING 


HISTORY OF THE PARISH 


By THE RECTOR 4 


SHORT ADDRESSES 


HyMn 672 
‘‘Blest Be the Tie that Binds’’ 


Choir of St. Mark’s Church, Brunswick, Ga. 
MAJ. R. E. DART, ORGANIST 


Respectfully Dedicated to 


Mrs. Rebecca W. Dodge 


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Committees 


Cransportation 


MR. C. F. STEVENS MR. LEO ARNOLD 
MR. CALVERT STEUART MR. REGINALD TAYLOR 


Church Bard 


MR. C. W. TAYLOR 


MR. JOHN POSTELL MR. JAMES SHADMAN 
MR. ELLIOTT STEVENS MR. ARTHUR TAYLOR 
Reception 

MRS. J. A. MACINTIRE MRS. A. D. DODGE 

MISS JULIA GOULD MRS. DONALD McCASKILL 

MISS ANGELA STEUART MRS. LEO ARNOLD 

MISS EDNA TAYLOR MR. W. C. TAYLOR 

MISS DOROTHY STEVENS MR. J. D. GOULD 

MRS. WM. POSTELL MR. C. G. STEVENS 

MRS. J. L. STEVENS MR. W. H. SHADMAN 
Entertainment 

MR. JOHN L. STEVENS MR. DOUGLASS TAYLOR 

MRS. I. C. REDIO MR. POTTER GOULD 

MRS. C. POSTELL MR. CLAUDE CRIDER 

MISS V. REINHARDT MRS. W. ARNOLD 

MISS JESSIE STEUART MRS. J. CURRIE 

MISS MAUDE TAYLOR MISS MARY GOULD 

MR. DON McCASKILL MISS VIRGINIA CURRIF 

MISS DEBORAH STEUART MRS. J. POSTELL 

MRS. J. D. GOULD MR. ARCHIBALD TAYLOR 

Ushers 
MR. CLIFFORD POSTELL MR. W. W. ARNOLD 


Corresponding Secretary 


MRS. W. H. SHADMAN 
St. Simon’s Mills, Ga. 


Oryanization 


Parish 


Rector 


REV. D. WATSON WINN 


Senior Warden Junior Warden 
MR. WM. C. TAYLOR MR. JAMES D. GOULD 
Vestry 
MR. C. G. STEVENS MR. W. H. SHADMAN 
MR. J. L. STEVENS MR. C. W. TAYLOR 
MR. C. F. STEVENS 
Secretary Treasurer 
MR. JAMES D. GOULD MR. W. H. SHADMAN 


Lavy-Reader 
MR. HORACE A. GOULD 


Delegates to Diocesan Convention 


MR. H. A. GOULD MR. C. F. STEVENS 
MR. R. GOULD 


Organists 
MRS. D. WATSON WINN MISS MADA McDONALD 


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Sundav-Schoal 


Superintendent 


MR. CHARLES W. TAYLOR 


Teachers 
MRS. A. D. DODGE MISS MADA MeDONALD 
MISS EDNA G. TAYLOR MISS MAUDE E. TAYLOR 
Treasurer 


MRS A. D. DODGE 


Woman's Auxiliary 


(Missionary Bee-Hive Society) 


President Vice-Presideut 
MRS. JAMES D. GOULD MRS. W. H. SHADMAN 
Secretary Treasurer 
MRS. D. WATSON WINN MRS. C. G. STEVENS 
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Church-Vard Association 


President Vice-President 
MRS W. C. TAYLOR MRS. ANGELA STEUART 
Secretary Creasurer 
MRS. JOHN POSTELL MRS. JOHN L. STEVENS 
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Junior Auxiliary 


President 
MISS JULIA GOULD 


Secretarp Creasurer 


PAYSON MIDDLETON VIRGINIA CURRIE 


Colored Work 


Rector’s Assistant 


REV. G. R. JACKSON 


Mission Vestry 
MR. P. C. JOSEPH MR. RICHARD FLOYD 
MR. ANSELM MERCHANT MR. JOHN LEE 


Secretary and Creasurer 


MR. PETER C. JOSEPH 


Organist 


MRS. WILLIAM LIFE 


Sundap-School 


Superintendent 


REV. G. R. JACKSON 


Teachers 


MRS. WM. LIFE MISS LULA LIFE 


Aid Society 


Secretary President Treasurer 


MRS. J. ARMSTRONG MRS. WM. LIFE MRS. LAVINIA SELLERS 


St. James’ Parish 


St. Simons Island, Ga. 


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Christ Church 


Hrederica 


Services began February 15, 1736 


Chapel built in 1738 


Parish Bounds Established March 15, 1758 


Parish Incorporated by Act of Legislature, December 22, 1808 


Church built in 1820; Consecrated January 15, 1843 


Parish Reorganized February 26, 1879 


Church Rebuilt in 1884; Consecrated January 6, 1886 


St. James’ Church 


Bamilton 


Donated in 1886; Consecrated January 18, 1887 


Colored 


St. Ionatius’ 
Jewtown 


Consecrated January 26, 1893 


St. Perpetua 
Cross Roads 


Built in 1885 


Foreword 


These notes are put together in the effort to preserve, 
‘in some more permanent form, the rcords of this, the 
/second oldest parish in the Diocese or State. 

As to the earlier part, little attempt has been made to 
enlarge on the material already in hand; that being deemed 
sufficient, in the main, to give a connected, if brief, view of 
the work done in this place. Some new material has, how- 
| ever, been secured, and woven into the narrative in places 
| where its existence indicated the need of a fuller statement. 
The records referred to were found in the archives of 
| the Diocese, and in the register of the parish, Vol. II. 

The modesty of the late rector left the period covered 
by his incumbency (1879 to 1898) so meager in detail that 
it has been necessary to fill in very largely in order to get 
any idea of the things accomplished during that eventful 
epoch. This has been a grateful duty to the writer, specially 
that he was, from 1884 to 1898, closely associated with the 
late rector in his parochial and missionary work, more so 
during much of that time than any other Priest. 

This narrative contains little, for the most part, to inter- 
est the general public; but the Island was the seat of much 
of the culture and refinement, as well as of large agricul- 
tural factivities, of the post-Revolution period, and the 
interest of these earlier inhabitants centered in the little 
church nestling here among the trees; and as the descendants 
of these people still figure in the Church work of the Diocese 
it was felt that this anniversary would do some good in 
recounting the things done of old, and in giving an oppor- 
tunity for reunion between those whose homes were once 
here, and us who remain. 

But there was a better motive back of these, which was 
deemed a sufficient apology for it all; and that was to seek 
to recall to the new workers in this old Diocese of Georgia 
the benefits of which they have been, and will continue to 
be, the recipients, through the consecration and generosity of 
the late rector of this parish, the Reverend Anson Green 
Phelps Dodge; Jr., S. T. B. 


THE RECTOR 


History 


Christ Church, Frederica, Ga. 


The history of the Church on St. Simon’s Island is, in 
its earliest period, closely interwoven with that of the colony 
itself; for from the very beginning of the settlement of 
Georgia the services of the Church were maintained among 
the colonists by public authority as one of the chief agencies 
for the common welfare. As to the utility of these services 
at that time, Oglethorpe says: “The change in the people 
since the arrival of the mission is very visible, with respect 
to the increased industry, love, and charity.” 

It should be kept in mind that this Church was, at the 
first, a part of the missionary work of Christ Church, 
Savannah, and was served, when there was no clergyman- 
in-charge, by rectors from that parish. Parish bounds were, 
indeed, established as early as 1758, but it was a full fifty 
years later before the parish was really incorporated. 
Hence it is, and contrary to the general opinion, that the 
first five ministers of this Church were missionaries, 
appointed by either the Bishop of London, the Society for 
the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, or the 
Colonial Trustee in whom the appointment vested. There 
were five such missionaries, afterwards nine rectors, making 
a total of fourteen officially placed clergymen to date. 

The narrative therefore easily resolves itself into three 
periods: The Mission; The Parish Organized; The Parish 


Reorganized. 
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Hivet Period 
The Mission 
I 
Ret. Charles Wesley, 1736 


The first foundation of the town of Frederica, the very 
name of which is now little more than a memory, was laid 
by General Oglethorpe on the fifteenth day of February, 


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1736, and our Church life dates from the same day, when all 
of the colonists joined in Evening Prayer. 

The first clergyman was the Rev. Charles Wesley, a 
devoted Priest of the Church of England, who came with 
Oglethorpe as his private chaplain and secretary, but who, 
as chaplain, took full charge of the mission work of the 
place and garrison. He at once began the daily services, 
and a noonday prayer-meeting, which all alike, whether 
military or civilian, were compelled to attend, being sum- 
moned thereto by the drums of the soldiers. 

Almost the first building within the walls was one 
intended in part as a chapel—its site is now covered by the 
waters of the Frederica River. This building was of 
“tappy,” or tabby as it is now called, a combination of lime, 
sand, and oyster shells, mixed with water, and laid while 
thus plastic, in courses about a foot deep, between boards, 
the boards being removed as soon as the tabby was hard 
enough to begin another course. 

This combination storehouse and chapel was 12 x 20 
feet; the cellar and lower floor being used as storerooms, 
and the upper for a chapel. As long as the soldiers were 
stationed at Frederica, the chaplain of the regiment or other 
minister officiated in this building, and the services of the 
Church were kept up with regularity. 

For a time all things seemed to move smoothly for the 
young Priest, Mr. Wesley, but his vigorous shevherding led 
at length to a rebellion on the part of the flock. False 
charges were brought against the chanlain, and the General, 
who at first believed them, made his life a burden. The 
proof of Mr. Wesley’s entire innocence led, at length, to a 
reconciliation between the General and himself; but we 
cannot wonder that, lying desperately ill on the bare ground, 
and almost uncared for, the glamor of colonial life for him 
faded away. He concluded that his work was over, and in 
July of the same year he sailed for England, never to return. 


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Rev. John Wesley 


During the following sixteen months, the Island was 
given services occasionally by the still more devoted John 
Wesley, rector of Christ Church, Savannah, from which 
place he made his way on foot, trusting for the crossing of 
the larger rivers to the passing canoes of the friendly 
Indians. The fact of these visits to Frederica has been 


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questioned, but the writer has seen Wesley’s own diary, in 
which he tells how he fell into the water from a small boat 
while embarking from Frederica; and the leaves of the diary 
showed the marks of the water. 


II 


Rev. Geo. Whitfield 
1737 to 1738 


Upon his departure, the Rev. George Whitfield, having 
been appointed by the Bishop of London to officiate as 
Deacon at Savannah and Frederica, sailed for Georgia, 
passing Wesley’s vessel in the Downs. 

Whitfield served the Churches to which he had been 
appointed very carelessly, his mind being intent on other 
objects. 


III 
Rev. Wiltiam Norris 


1740 to 1741 


In 1739, the Rev. William Norris was appointed by the 
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 
as missionary in Georgia, and during 1740 and 1741 was 
posted at Frederica. His character, we read, was very 
doubtful, his work seeming to have been productive of 
more harm than good. 


IV 


Rev. Samuel Bosomworth 
1743 to 1745 


In 1743, the Rev. William Barton, as Trustee for the 
Colony, placed the Rev. Mr. Bosomworth in charge at 
Frederica. This man had come out with Oglethorpe, as an 
adventurer and trader with the Indians, a woman of which 
race he later on married. She was a halfbreed, and had 
been Oglethorpe’s interpreter with the Indians. He took 
Orders in the Church, but was a sad disgrace to them; for 


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he and his wife were constantly stirring up strife between 
the colonists and the Indians, and for ‘the basest personal 
ends. 

While at Frederica on one occasion, Bosomworth and 
his wife induced certain Indians there, who claimed to be 
chiefs, or representative warriors from the nearby towns 
and tribes, to proclaim one of their number emperor. This 
proclamation having been duly signed and witnessed, they 
persuaded the so- -called emperor to deed to them the islands 
of St. Catharine, Ossabaw, and Sapelo. Later, Bosomworth 
got the Indians to proclaim his wife queen of all of the 
nearby tribes, and then, in order to make good their claim 
to the said islands, marched on Savannah, where there 
would have been much bloodshed, and very possibly the 
destruction of the colony, but for the wisdom and firmness 
of those in authority there. As it was, this pair cost the 
colony more than £10,000 before they were satisfied. The 
islands of Sapelo and Ossabaw being sold by the crown to 
cover expenses, and St. Catharine being given to the Bosom- 
worths. In 1745, he was suspended from the ministry, 
much to the relief of a long-suffering community. 


V 


Rev. Bartholomew Zoaberbubler 


1746 to 1766 


The following year, the Rev. Mr. Zoaberbuhler received 
charge, for a time, of the whole province. Landing at 
Frederica, he labored faithfully, not only here, but at 
Savannah and Augusta. He was the exact opposite of his 
predecessor, a man full of zeal and of earnest faith, with 
mature judgment and great discretion, counting his own 
life as nothing in the service of his Master. 

For twenty years he traveled the whole length of the 
colony, serving the Church to the glory of God and the 
satisfaction of his people. 

It was during this rectorship that the parish bounds 
were established, as follows: “The town and district of 
Frederica, with the islands of Great and Little St. Simon’s, 
and the adjacent islands, shall be and forever continue a 
parish, by the name of St. James’.” (Mar. & Craw. Dig., 
Vol. I, p. 149). 

Mr. Zoaberbuhler died in 1766, lamented by men of 
every name and race. 


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THE SECOND CHURCH 


AT FREDERICA 


Second Period 


Che Parish Organized, 1808 


In 1790, the various small landholders left the Island 
for new homes on the mainland, and were succeeded, after 
some years, by about a dozen well-to-do indigo planters. 
It was not long, however, before these planters abandoned 
the cultivation of indigo for the newly introduced cotton 
plamt, which promised better returns for their labor; and 
in a short while there were twelve large plantations on the 
Island, the owners being mostly Church people. 

After their plans for the cultivation of cotton had been 
perfected, and feeling the need of having religious services 
established among them, these planters, with the other 
people of the Island in sympathy with them, created them- 
selves a parish by the election of wardens and vestrymen; 
and in commemoration of the aid received from the mother 
Church, in Savannah, called themselves the “Wardens and 
Vestry of Christ Church, Frederica.” 

Under this title, they petitioned the Legislature for a 
grant of land on which to build a church, and which was, 
by its rental, to assist in the Church’s support. In response 
to this appeal, the Legislature, on December 22, 1808, duly 
incorporated the parish, and granted to the Wardens and 
Vestry of Christ Church, Frederica, and their successors in 
office, all that land around the town of Frederica, called the 
“Garden Lots,” comprising 100 acres, with three lots within 
the town. This land was rented to planters, and the pro- 
ceeds paid aside for the erection of a new church; services 
meanwhile being held in a tabby building back of what is 
now (1910) the Anson Dodge Home for Orphan Boys, and 
later in a building near the Cross Roads, one mile east of 
the church. In this Act, William Page and Robert Grant 
were named as wardens, and Joseph Turner, John Couper, 
James Hamilton, Ramon Demere, Jr., and George Abbott 
as vestrymen. 


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VI 
(1) 
Rev. Ar. Best 
1800 (?) to 1810 


The wardens and vestry called to the Church the Rev. 
Dr. Best, from the old country; and he was the first to 
occupy the position of rector, though he was the sixth 
minister at Frederica. Dr. Best remained till 1810, when 
he resigned, seeing no prospects of the church being built; 
for the wardens and vestry were depending for that purpose 
on the proceeds of the “glebe lands” acquired from the 
State. “It was not till 1820,” to quote Dr. J. Holmes, 
“that the building was erected; in fact, not until a sufficient 
sum had been realized from the lease of the land.” 


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VII 


(2) 
Rev. Hdd Matthews, 9. B. 
1810 to 1827 


In 1810, the Rev. Edmund Matthews, D. D., was called 
to the parish, and served faithfully for fifteen years. Until 
the church was built in 1820, he officiated, as his predeces- 
sors had done, in improvised places of worship. He made 
the address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new 
church, and preached the first sermon from its pulpit. He 
was an excellent reader, and till relieved by an organ, led 
in the singing. 

Dr. Matthews was one of the three clergymen com- 
posing the primary convention of the Diocese, in 1823, the 
others being the rectors of Christ Church, Savannah, the 
first established, and St. Paul’s, Augusta, the third, this 
Church being the second. 

It was in 1820 that, the funds from the “glebe lands” 
having accumulated sufficiently, the church was built, and 
in it the congregation worshiped till the breaking out of the 
Civil War, when the men available for service enlisted. 

Dr. Matthews lies buried under a marble slab, sup- 
ported on five pillars, near the southeast corner of the 
present church (1910), and the slab is said to point directly 
towards the place of the old altar. : 


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That altar is still in practical use, the “mensa” of the 
old “communion table” being let into that of the new altar 
while its legs support the ‘credence table.” or shelf on 
which the elements are laid before being “placed” on the 
altar. - 

During the year 1826, the parish received some minis- 
trations from the Rev. T. C. Elliott, of South Carolina. 


VIII 
(3) 
Rev. T. S. W. Motte 
1828 to 1830 


In 1828, the Rev. Mr. Motte, of Maine, took charge of 
the parish, finding only two or three communicants; but 
he admitted a dozen more during the next two years, at 
the end of which time he resigned. : 

During his rectorship, the “glebe lands” were re-sur- 
veyed, and found to be of quite large extent, being rented 
for $250.00 a year. 


(4) 
- Rev. T. B. Bartow 
1830 to 1840 


In 1830, Bisho> Bowen, of South Carolina, ordained 
Mr. Bartow to the diaconate, and placed him at Frederica 
as rector. 

In 1831, the convention of the Diocese met for the 
first time in this church; the delegates from the Island 
being W. W. Hazard, Esq., Thos. B. King, Esq., and Dr. 
Thos. F. Hazard. 

In 1832, new books were presented to the parish, and 
in one of these, in Mr. Bartow’s own hand, we have a list 
of the communicants then resident on the Island: 11 Church 
people, and 3 Presbyterians (Reg., Vol. II, p. 276). 

In 1836, there was held in this parish a Centennial of 
its Church life. At this meeting, there were interesting 
ceremonies, and an address by Mr. Thomas Spalding. 

In 1837, the convention of the Diocese met for the 
second time in this church; the delegates at this time being 


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Rife (RUE SINS WISIN Te eliteiar i 
FIRST BISHOP OF GEORGIA 


Messrs. W. W. Hazard, James Gould, and John Fraser. 
There were at this time as many as 13 communicants in the 
parish, from 14 white families, aggregating 100 persons; 
while the colored population amounted to about 2,000. 

In 1840, an addition was made to the church, to accom- 
modate the large number of colored people who wished to 
worship there; and there was presented to the Church also 
a new organ, and set of Communion plate. 

This plate was unfortunately lost to the Church, by 
theft from the residence of Mr. William A. Couper, while 
he was a refugee on the mainland, during the Civil war. 

The service in use today, or most of it, is that formerly 
belonging to St. David’s, just opposite this place, on the 
main, in Glynn County; for these two parishes were united 
under one pastor at the time of the Civil War. 

It has been newly replated, as a gift from Bishop Reese, 
and is again restored to the service of the Church. 

It was about this time that the “Missionary Bee-Hive 
Society,’ of which we have record later on, was organized 
in emulation of a prior community in the church steeple, 
which did good service for the parish, as its namesake did 
afterwards. The account of this community is as follows: 

The church was in need of repairs, and the few Church 
people were unable to furnish the necessary funds. A gen- 
tleman passing the church one morning saw the steeple 
surrounded with bees, and being anxious to explain this 
rewly-found hive, as nearly all of the bees from the sur- 
rounding places had forsaken their habitations, he made an 
examination, and found the steeple filled with honey; and 
later enough of it was sold to make the necessary repairs, 
and to add a vestry-room. Some ten years ago, a school- 
mate of the rector sent him this story in verse, written by 
his father, while a tutor on the Island, and afterwards the 
first missionary of our Church to go to Africa—the Rev. 
Dr. Savage. 

On March 13, 1841, Bishop Elliott made his first visita- 
tion to this parish, continuing the services through the five 
days following. The Bishop says, “I found the church 
edifice in very excellent repair, and the grounds about in 
that order which indicates an interest in its welfare.” 

In September, 1851, Mr. Bartow resigned, to become a 


chaplain in the United States Navy. 
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Rev. Edward T. Walker 
1842 to 1844 


The next year, the Rev. Mr. Walker was elected rector. 

“Within the year, the glebe lands attached to the church 
have been sold, the proceeds invested, and the interest 
applied to the minister of the Church.” Thus a quotation 
from the Journal of 1842, and evidently refers to a partial 
sale of the lands in question, as there was a sale of “glebe 
lands” in 1848. 

On January 15, 1843, the second Sunday after the 
Epiphany, Bishop Elliott consecrated the church, assisted 
by the Rev. Dr. Vaughn, of Pennsylvania, Rev. F. J. Good- 
win, of Long Island, the rectors of Christ Church, Savannah, 
and of this church. 

During this visitation, the Bishop baptized 35 persons, 
most of them colored, 5 by immersion in the river at Fred- 
erica, and confirmed 28, mostly colored; bringing the 
number of communicants up to 41. This upbuilding was 
due to the earnest work of the Rev. Mr. Walker, “who,” 
we read, ‘baptized great numbers of the colored people,” 
and who, Dr. Holmes says, “succeeded in re-assembling the 
Church people of the Island; but from feeble health was 
obliged to retire, having been in charge only two years.” 

The Journal of the Diocese for the same years shows a 
still more reliable evidence of the spiritual vitality of the 
parish; the handful of Church people raising for home and 
foreign missions the sum of $60.00, the colored people even 
adding to that amount, while the above mentioned Mis- 
sionary Bee-Hive Society raised $140.00 on its own account, 
and had the church repainted. 

The Bishop says of the parish at this time: “I found 
the church much improved, the external appearance spoke 
well for the people, and the increased interest in spiritual 
things for the rector.” 

The Bishop was, however, far from being satisfied with 
his own work among the Colored people; and Dr. Holmes 
quaintly remarks about it: “The Colored people of the 
Island were all Baptists, and our beloved Bishop always 
collected them together on the Sunday afternoons of his 
visitations, and preached to them, and taught them under- 
standingly and kindly, and they venerated him for his 


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goodness towards them; but he utterly failed to convince 
them that his Baptism, even by immersion, was valid. On 
one occasion, the rector presented him with a class of 40 
for Confirmation, and they were delighted with the laying 
on of his gentle hands, and his fatherly benediction—but 
a found they were ‘joined to their idols,’ and he let them 
alone.’ 


XI 
(6) 


Rev. Edmund PY. Brown 
1844 to 1868 


In 1844, the Rev. Mr. Brown took charge of the parish, 
in conjunction with St. David’s, in Glynn County ; and the 
year following, he was advanced to the priesthood, by 
Bishop Elliott, in Christ Church, Savannah. 

Mr. Brown continued to labor faithfully till the begin- 
ning of the Civil War, when all Church life on the Island 
seems to have been suspended; but after the war Mfr. 
Brown tried to re-establish the active work of the parish, 
though in the end he had to give it up, leaving the Island 
for good about 1868. 

He reported 54 communicants, two-thirds of them 
Colored. Mr. Dodge records that during this rectorship 
the “glebe lands’ were sold. This was evidently a second 
sale, as there had been a sale of these, or a part of these, 
lands in 1842, as stated in the Journal of that year. This is 
corroborated by Dr. J. Holmes, who places the sale in 1848. 
He says “It may be well to mention that the land upon 
which the old church (1820) stands, with the cemetery, was 
reserved, also three acres in the town of Frederica, when 
the remainder of the glebe lands were sold . . . in 1848, 
long after the first lease had expired, and the church had 
been vacant for many years; and the proceeds, $1,000.00, 
invested in one of the Savannah Banks, and lay buried in 
the common ruin of the war.” 

There was also reserved a strip of land, twenty yards 
wide, for a distance of 500 yards along the road from 
Frederica beyond the Savannah, for the purpose of sup- 
plying wood for the rector. 

The following is Mr. Dodge’s statement of the condition 
of things after the close of the war: 


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“The war made many changes in the population of the 
Island. Within two years after the close of the war, but 
four or five white families, formerly resident here, returned. 
The places of those thus leaving have been filled but slowly. 

The Church building was occupied by the 
Federal troops during the war, ‘and to a great extent 
destroyed. The altar’ was used, apparently, for a meat 
block, and was broken in pieces, the pews burned, and the 
windows broken out. This last act of wanton destruction 
was the seat of decay of the whole structure. 

“The endowment of the parish was lost by the failure 
of the Savannah Bank, and the people were too poor to 
rebuild their own church, or to support their own Priest; 
so that the work seemed ruined. Mr. Brown did, indeed, 
endeavor to renew it after the war, holding at the same time 
the parishes of Brunswick and St. David's; but in 1868 he 
abandoned the struggle, and left all three points vacant. 

“As before, in 1/66, so now, a century later, the Island 
depended for occasional services upon the kindness of oth- 
ers, and many of the clergy gave their help willingly. 
Among others, should be named Rey. Messrs. Coley, Pinker- 
ton, Boone, and Lucas, of Brunswick, and Rev. Samuel 
Benedict, D. D., of Savannah. But great as was the blessing 
of the services to those fixed in the Faith, we cannot 
wonder that many of the colored people were led astray 
therefrom, and fell away to the Baptist body ; to which most 
of their fellow- Negroes belonged. So general was this 
defection, that but one of the “communicants of that race 
remained. In 1879, there were on the Island some twenty 
white communicants, and the then Bishop of Georgia, Rt. 
Rev. J. W. Beckwith, D. D., appointed Messrs. Horace A. 
Gould and A. G. P. Dodge, Jr., lay readers. Services were 
kept up by them, and the legal life of the parish maintained 
by the election of new wardens and vestry on the call of 
the surviving members of the vestry of 1866.” 

This statement of Mr. Dodge, in the paragraph above, 
is a modest one, and gives to him who merely reads the 
account no idea of the fact that to him alone was due the 
resurrection of this wellnigh dead and buried parish—but 
of this, later. 

It is with pleasure that the writer can add a few lines 
to show that the spirit of devotion was still alive in a few 
earnest Churchmen. Immediately after the close of the 
war, and on his return to the Island, Church services were 
resumed by the last member of the old vestry still resident 
here, Mr. Horace Bunch Gould. He read Evening Prayer 


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every Sunday in his own home, various other persons 
nearby also attending. This he kept up till 1875, when he 
surrendered this privilege to his son, Horace Abbott Gould, 
who continued to act as voluntary lay reader till he was duly 
licensed to serve officially some four years later. Mr. H. 
A. Gould changed the place of holding the service to the 
old church, and, in default of a better vehicle, making the 
trip in an ox-cart with the family, and having the service in 
the afternoon with such as would attend. 

This service Mr. Gould continued till about 1889, when 
he removed from the Island; but he is again, and has been 
for years past, the lay reader of the parish, assisting the 
rector, when necessary, on his occasional visits to the 
Island. 

The surviving members of the vestry of 1866, referred 
to above, were Messrs. William A. Couper and Horace B. 
Gould, the latter only being in residence, and it was on the 
call of these two that the continuity of parochial life was 
assured by the election of a new corporate body for the 
parish, in 1879. 


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Chird Period 


Parish Reorganized, 1874 


It was to A. G. P. Dodge, Jr., before he took Holy 
Orders, that the parish owes so much, apart entirely from 
the earnest spiritual work in which he was engaged here 
from 1884, when he, as a Deacon, took charge, to 1898, 
when he, as Rector, laid down his life in her service. He 
came in 1879 on a visit to the Island; he remained to give 
fortune and life to the re-establishment of the Church here. 
He found it a dying remnant of a parish; he made it, from 
the missionary standpoint, the most important in the 
Diocese, for it became, by the gift of the greater part of 
the fortune of himself, and of his late wife, the center of 
the new missionary effort then initiated, which from two 
diocesan mission stations, begun in 1883 (the writer being 
the first Priest-in-charge), can now show 32 stations, 39 of 
these being the direct outcome of the money referred to 
above, sometimes called the “Dodge” fund, but technically 
known as the “Georgia Missions” fund. 

Mr. Dodge was a man of remarkable personality, oppo- 
site attributes, and many attainments. He seemed to absorb 
knowledge without apparent study. A man of an unusually 
wide range of reading, he could give as soon as called for, 
accurate information on a variety of subjects, with which 
one would little expect to find a man of his years con- 
versant. 

At the time he consecrated himself to the Church, he 
had seen the world from the standpoint of a wealthy man’s 
son, and knew well the renunciation he made when he gave 
his life to the Church in Georgia. That life beautifully 
illustrated the spirit of devotion that possessed him. Bishop 
Reckwith once said of Mr. Dodge, while yet a very young 
Priest, that in him was the making of a grand man, and this 
expectation was being realized vear by year, when death 
overtook hm, for to glorify God in the service of his fellow- 
man became the passion of Mr. Dodve’s life. The writer 
has seen. somewhere, a verse that aptly states his concep- 
tion of Mr. Dodge’s ideals and work. Without being sure 
of the meter, the words are as follows: 


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“Three roots bear up Dominion, 
Knowledge, Will; these two are strong, 
But stronger still the third, Obedience: 
’*Tis the great tap-root. that knit round the rock of Duty 
Is not stirred, though storm and tempest 
Spend their utmost skill.” 


It was this sense of his duty, as God’s man, which led 
his will to that complete obedience which was exemplified 
in the consecration of fortune, talents, and life to the service 
of God, all used to lead men, through the Church’s instru- 
mentalities, to a closer union with God, that He thereby 
might have the Dominion. 


BE SK" LAE 


XII 
(7) 
Rev. Henry E. Lucas 
1882 to 1884. 


In 1882, Rev. H. E. Lucas, rector of Si) Masks 
Brunswick, became Priest-in-charge, till the rector-desig- 
nate, Mr. Dodge, could complete his Theological studies, 
and receive Ordination. Mr. Lucas served the flock with 
such regularity and such constant love that he is regarded 
by many of the older communicants as their spiritual father, 
says Mr. Dodge. 

Under him, Mr. J. C. Chapman became the lay reader, 
and the services were for a time held under the old oaks, 
beside the ruined sanctuary, the supposed preaching place 
of John Wesley. 

“In January, the new church was commenced upon the 
site of the older one, Mr. Chapman being its architect. It 
was erected, and endowed, in part by the late Ellen Ada P. 
Dodge, and in part by her husband, the present rector 
(1885), as her memorial.” 

It is in these few words that Mr. Dodge tells of the 
gift of this beautiful building, and of the generous endow- 
ment for the preservation of the parish. 


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XIII 
(8) 
Rev. A. G. BP. Dodge, Jr., S. T. B. 
1884 to 1898 


On June 11, 1884, Mr. Dodge became rector, having 
been duly elected as such, and ordained Deacon to that end 
by Bishop Beckwith, in May of the same year. 

December 6, 1885, at an election held pursuant to a 
call of the vestry of 1879, and of the sole survivor of that 
of 1866, and in accordance with the Act of 1808, Mallory 
P. King and Horace A. Gould were elected wardens, and 
W.C. Taylor, W. H. Gowan, W. A. Fuller, J. D, Gould, 
and H. Bagot vestrymen for the ensuing year. 

On January 11, 1885, the rector was made Priest in St. 
Mark’s Church, Brunswick, by Bishop Beckwith, and on 
the Feast of the Epiphany of the next year the church was 
consecrated. The following account is from the Church 
Press of that time: 

“A specially interesting service was held on St. Simon’s 
Island, Ga., on the Feast of the Eviphany. The Bishop of 
the Diocese, Rt. Rev. J. W. Beckwith, D. D., Revs. Thomas 
Boone, H. E. Lucas, Byron Holly, W. A. W. Maybin, H. 
B. Stuart-Martin, D. Watson Winn, and the rector of the 
parish, Rev. A. G. P. Dodge, Jr., met in the vestry-room of 
Christ Church, Frederica, whence, after robing, they 
marched in procession to the main entrance, where they 
were received by the wardens and vestry. Entering the 
church in due order, the service of consecration was begun 
by the antiphonal rendering of the appointed Psalm. At 
the proper place, Morning Prayer was read by Revs. H. E. 
Lucas and Byron Holly, Rev. Mr. Maybin reading the 
lessons. The Bishop was assisted in the Communion Office 
by the Rev. D. W. Winn, who read the Epistle, the rector 
reading the Gospel. Rev. Thomas Boone, Dean of the 
Convocation of Savannah, preached the sermon. The post- 
Communion was read by the Rev. H. B. Stuart-Martin, the 
Bishop pronouncing the benediction. The church edifice 
consecrated on this occasion is a perfect little gem; situated 
in a grove of venerable and majestic live oaks, and sur- 
rounded by God’s acre, in which rest the remains of ances- 
tors of many of those present at the service. Under the 
wide-spreading branches of one of these monarchs of the 
woods, in the old Colonial Days. the famous brothers, John 
and Charles Wesley, stood and preached to the new settlers. 


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RT. REV. JOHN W. BECKWITH, D. D. 
SECOND BISHOP OF GEORGIA 


Bitterly cold as the day was (before the memorable 
freeze of that year), the church was crowded with worship- 
ers, among whom were several who were present at the 
consecration, forty-three years before, of the former edifice, 
which was removed that the present building might be 
erected upon the former site, and upon the old cornerstone. 

From Brunswick and Darien, in chartered steamers, 
came numerous friends, and all felt that it was good to be 
there. The solemn services and the happy occasion will 
long be remembered by all; and never will it be forgotten 
by the rector of the parish, to whose devotion, zeal, and 
unflagging efforts this island parish, and the Diocese are 
indebted, under God, to the achievement of so happy a 
consummation—Laus Deo.” 

The building referred to, charmingly placed among oaks, 
pines, cedars, and hollies, is cruciform, with vaulted roof, 
and recess chancel, the latter flanked by baptistry and ves- 
try-room. In addition to the chancel windows to the Rey. 
Dr. Matthews, and the very handsome west window to the 
late rector, donated by his mother, and his friend, Mr. James 
L. Foster, there are many others: Hon. Thomas Butler 
King and his wife, Anna Matilda Page; Ellen Ada P. 
Dodge; Thomas Butler King, Jr.; Captain Henry Lord Page 
King and Capt. Mallory Page King; Horace B. Gould and 
Wilson Campbell; Deborah Abbott Gould; Couper-Wylly; 
Rebecca Holmes Dangerfield; Major William Page and 
his wife Hannah Timmons; and William Earl Dodge. 

There are three mural tablets. The first, in the south 
transept, is as follows: 


To the glory of 
GOD, 

And in loving memory of 
Ellen Ada Phelps Dodge 
Beloved Wife of 
Rev. A. G. P. Dodge, Jr. 
Born February 26, 1862 
Died November 19, 1883 
At Allahabad, India. 
To her, under God, is 
Due the rebuilding and 
Endowment of this 
Church 
May she rest in peace! 


oo 


The other tablets are to the memory of Mr. Dodge, and 
of his son, by his second wife, Anna Deborah Gould Dodge. 

In 1890, a chapel for the convenience of summer visit- 
ors was erected on the Beach, and consecrated; but when 
by the destruction of the larger hotel, and the shifting of 
the summer population, its utility was no longer apparent, 
it was in 1906 taken down, and the furniture, with much 
of the fabric, used to complete a chapel near Brunswick— 
St. Andrew’s. 

In 1893, a chapel for the use of the Colored people was 
consecrated near St. Simons Mills, under the name of St. 
Ignatius’. 

In 1897, a terrific cyclone struck the Island, demolish- 
ing this chapel, but by the blessing of God, and the con- 
certed action of the Colored people and friends without the 
parish, it was rebuilt, in much better style; and consecrated 
anew by Bishop Nelson, assisted by the rector and the 
Revs. F. M. Mann and E. H. Butler, Colored clergy. 

This has, for a long time, been the center of Colored 
work, and has been a great help to the community. The 
Church has appealed to many of the best among the Colored 
people, and they have taken hold of it with devotion. The 
rendering of the services of the Church by this congrega- 
tion is a constant source of delight to the rector. The 
work is under the immediate care of the Rev. G. R. Jack- 
son, Deacon, while the rector visits it regularly for the Cele- 
bration of the Holy Communion and week-day services. 

By the same storm, the private chapel of Mr. N. W. 
Dodge, at St. Simons Mills, was badly wrecked. This 
gentleman restored and improved the chapel, and gave it to 
the Diocese under the name of St. James’, and in memory 
of his late wife Emma Dodge. On January 18, 1887, it was 
consecrated by Bishop Nelson, assisted by the rector, and 
Rev. Messrs. D. Troy Beatty and D. Watson Winn. 

On May 29, 1890, Mr. Dodge was married to Anna 
Deborah Gould, of this Island; and they both, in 1895, 
after the death of their only son, established in his memory 
the Anson Dodge Home for Orphan Boys, at Frederica. 

During the fifteen years past, this Home has been a 
blessing to many boys, who would otherwise have had little 
chance to make a start in the world. Some half-dozen of 
these boys are at college doing excellent work, and showing 
themselves a credit to their Home at Frederica; while sey- 
eral have left school and are doing well in special vocations. 

Besides his work as rector of this parish, Mr. Dodge 
acted as “Missionary Trustee” for the large sum he had 


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given to the Diocese for its mission work. In accordance 
with the terms of the trust deed conveying this money, 
and acting under specific authority from the Bishop, he had 
control of the mission work covered by this conveyance. 
This conveyance gave the right of nominating missionary 
clergymen and teachers to vacancies in the territory cov- 
ered, fixing the stipends of the missionaries, with length of 
their service; and these rights were to inhere in the rector- 
ship of Christ Church, Frederica, in perpetuity. 


In this capacity of “Missionary Trustee,” Mr. Dodge 
devoted much of his time to the establishment and main- 
tenance of missions throughout the larger part of what is 
the present Diocese of Georgia; and, ag stated above, 
exactly two-thirds of the fifty-two stations in the Diocese at 
this time owe their existence to the “Dodge” Fund, and 
many of them to his individual exertions. Mr. Dodge 
modestly sums up this work in the next few lines: “During 
the past ten years, the following clergy have filled the posi- 
tion of White and Colored assistants in the parish, to the 
general satisfaction. Their presence has enabled many out- 
lying stations to receive ministration.” 


The clergy referred to were Revs. Winn, Stuart-Martin, 
and W. H. Phillips; and F. W. Dunn and E. H. Butler, 
Colored. (Reg., Vol. II, p. 11). 


On March 14, 1897, the Rev. D. W. Winn was, by the 
unanimous election of the vestry, chosen as “Associate- 
Rector, with the right of succession;” and on the receipt 
of the approval of the Bishop he accepted the same; the 
Bishop’s letter being dated the twenty-ninth of the same 
month. 

This action was brought about by the condition of the 
rector’s health. He had, some time before, received painful 
injuries in a runaway, while on a visit in the North. In 
consequence of which his physician’s orders were emphatic ; 
that he should undertake no work that entailed fatigue, no 
matter how important the duty, nor how little the fatigue. 
“Three times during the eight years previous Mr. Dodge had 
asked the writer to return to the Island; but it was not till 
cone of the vestry made it plain that it was essential for Mr. 
Dodge to have with him someone familiar with his work 
in the past, as well as with his already-made plans for the 
future, that the call to be associate-rector was accepted. 


In June of this year, the Rev. G. R. Jackson was made 
‘+ector’s assistant for Colored work. Yet, even with this 


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help, the rector would not give up all active work, but 
insisted upon doing what he could. 

In August following, he was taken with fever, with 
complications, and notwithstanding that he received every 
attention possible, he succumbed to the fever on the 
twentieth of the month, to the unfeigned sorrow of his 
people and of the community at large; respected and 
lamented by all, and loved by those who knew him best, 
and were able to appreciate the sterling qualities, the noble 
nature, and the loving heart that went to make up the 
personality of the man. 

It is characteristic of Mr. Dodge that death found him 
prepared. He had, some time before, plotted the cemetery, 
locating, naming, and numbering every grave possible, and 
making a complete record of the same in a book kept for 
the purpose. He had his business affairs in order, his wll 
in the safe, and, when his eyes were closed, the friends in 
attendance had only to take down a small ornamental basket 
hanging from the bookcase, to find every detail of the 
funeral written out. He desired to be buried by the Rey. 
Messrs. Lucas, Winn, or Stuart-Martin, as the presence of 
any one of the three, in order, could be had. All of them 
were present at the funeral, on the twenty-seventh of 
August, as were also Rev. Messrs. Harry Cassil, of Camden, 
EF. A. Osborne, chaplain United States Army, and L. C. 
Birch, St. Jude’s, Brunswick. 

So closed. the earthly career of one who leaves his 
indelible mark upon the State of his adoption, the Church 
to whose service he was dedicated at his birth, and the peo- 
ple for whom he labored so lovingly and so well. 


Sete SW 2 
XIV 
(9) 
Rev. A. Watson Winn 
1898 
Rev. D. W. Winn became rector, August 20, without 
further action of the vestry, as per the terms of his call; 
and the next day a new minute-book of the vestry was 
opened, Vol. III, the older one being about filled. The 
original minute-book of the vestry was lost when the resi- 
dence of Rev. Mr. Brown, then rector, was burned, over 


at St. David’s. The book in the hands of the vestry in 
1898 (Vol. II), dates back only to March, 1890, while Vol. 


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III takes us to January 18, 1910. On May 1, 1910, a large 
and sufficient book was opened, and the contents of the 
other two, they being very poorly bound, were copied out, 
so that the records of the parish might be always at hand; 
the old books being placed in the safe. 

On October 2, 1898, a second violent storm of wind and 
rain visited the Island, coming from the northeast, or 
beginning from that quarter. It backed up the water of the 
river till it came over the bluff, rising nearly eight.feet above 
mean high water mark, while it reached nearly ten feet on 
the ocean side. The center of the storm passing, the wind, 
after an interval of some fifteen minutes, came from the 
opposite quarter, and the waters receded nearly as rapidly 
as they had arisen. There was only one death (on Long 
Island) from this storm, but scores of cottages were 
destroyed. The chapel of the Transfiguration was thrown 
from its pillars, and injured, but was afterwards restored, 
and later, as has been told, removed to another place. The 
organ and books were a total loss. ; 

About 1906, the Hilton-Dodge Lumber. Company 
abandoned the use of the large saw mills at Hamilton, the 
Superintendent’s and one other Church family only remain- 
ing till early in 1909; the Church, by this, losing largely 
in membership. 

When the present rector assumed charge of the parish, 
the vestry announced that for various reasons it was best 
to hold service at Christ Church only twice a month. It is 
a pleasure to state that on these two Sundays the attendance 
at church usually represents very nearly the White popula- 
tion of the Island. 

By this plan, the rector, following established prec- 
edent, is enabled to do a considerable amount of mission 
work for the Bishop, elsewhere in the Diocese, and without 
material detriment to his work in the parish, using for such 
work the alternate Sundays. 

There is little worth reporting for the twelve years 
past; except to say that the parish keeps up its interest in 
missions. Knowing that the “testimony of Jesus is the 
spirit of nrovhecy,” it knows also that the test of vital 
Christianity is the necessity of making mission work. as it 
testifies of Tesus, a vital element of its organic Church life. 
Since 1879, the parish has not only never failed to send in 
its full quota for Diocesan Missions, but has also. since 
the introduction of the plan of “Annortionment for General 
Missions,” invariably paid in the full amount annortioned ; 


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while from 1898 to 1906, when it lost so many members by 
removal, it paid never less than 35 per cent., and several 
times 100 per cent. more than was asked. Not only so, but 
the children of the parish seem to consider it a pleasure 
to work for missions. For years past, they have sent to the 
“Children’s Offering” annually $25.00, and this year, with 
little more than one-third the number of children, they 
have sent the same sum total. 

The rector is not ashamed to boast in this matter; he 
is simply telling what these little ones of the Master would 
never dream of saying for themselves; they consider such 
acts of loving devotion just part of their Church member- 
ship. 

The rector must also be permitted to say here, that 
this spirit in the children of the parish has been cultured, 
fostered, and encouraged by their day and Sunday-school 
teacher, who while of another Christian following gives 
her unstinted service to the development in these children 
of all that is Churchly and Christlike; while the boys from 
the Home have learned this same lesson from their bene- 
factress. 

The present statistics of the parish are of no concern 
for this narrative; they may be seen in the Journals of the 
Diocese; but some valuable data are to be found in the 
Appendix. 

The rector, in conclusion, desires to thank the vestry 
for ready co-operation in the past, and an increased inter- 
est in the present; the congregation for a courtesy he 
deems indicative of confidence and affection, and which 
is his recompense and joy; his visiting friends and guests 
today for their presence and assistance in making this 
anniversary a real memorial of some of our fellow-workers 
of the past, who “having finished their work in faith, do 
now rest from their labors.” 


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ore Whore 


Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 
Rey. 


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Appendix 


I 
Clergumen in Charge 


Missionaries 


Charles Wesley, 1736. 

George Whitfield, 1f37-38. 
William Norris, if 0-41 

Samuel Bosomworth, 1443-45. Y 
Bartholomew Zoaberbuhler, 1746-66. 


Rectors 


A hs Best, D. D., 1800 (?) -10. 
Edmund Matthews, D. D., 1810-27. 
T. S. W. Motte, 1828-30. 

T. S. Bartow, 1830-41. 

Edward T. Walker, 1842-44. 
Edmund P. Brown, 1844-68. 

Henry E. Lucas, 1882-84. 

A. G. P. Dodge, Jr., S. T. B., 1884-98. 


D. Watson Winn, 1p f-1910. LOFR— 


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Lay Readers 


Horace B. Gould, 1866-75. 
Horace A. Gould, 1875-91. 


mAs Ge b Dodge, jr; 1875-84. 
. J. C. Chapman, 1882. 


Frank A. Boyle, 1889-95. 

W. C. Taylor, 1891-92. 

J. D. Gould, 1891-92. 

B. F. Macintire, 1892-97. 

Horace A. Gould, 1906-10. 


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III 


Vestry 


The Old Church 


1808. 
Wardens—Messrs. William Page, Robert Grant. 
Vestry—Messrs. Joseph Turner, John Couper, James 
Hamilton, John Demere, George Abbott. 
1841 
Wardens—Messrs. John Couper, James Gould. 
Vestry—Messrs. James F. Gould, Paul Demere, John 
Demere, W. A. Couper, H. B. Gould. 
1851 
Wardens—Messrs. Thos. B. King, William W. Hazard. 
Vestry—Messrs. William A. Couper, James F. Gould, 
H. B. Gould. 
1866 
Vestry—Messrs. William A. Couper, Horace B. Gould. 


The New Church 


Wardens 


Mr. Horace B. Gould, 1879. 
Mr. Mallory P. King, 1879-86. 
Mr. Horace A. Gould, 1886. 
Mr. W. C. Taylor, 1888-1910. 
Rev. D. W. Winn, 1888-89. 
Mr. J. D. Gould, 1890-1910. 


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Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 


Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 
Mr. 


Vestrymen 


A. W. Smith, 1879. 

H. A. Gould, 1879. 

S. C. Sutton, 1879. 

W. C. Taylor, 1879-87. 
W.H. Holmes, 1879 and 1890-92. 
W. A. Fuller, 1885. 

H. Bagott, 1885-86. 

W. H. Gowan, 1885-86. 
J. D. Gould, 1885-89. 

J. E. Young, 1886. 

H. B. Robinson, 1890-92. 
B. F. Macintire, 1890-98. 
J. L. Foster, 1890-1901. 
& G. Stevens, 1891-1910. 
B. Philips, 1893-1901. 

J. Postell, 1901-06. 

J. H. Whitmire, 1901-10. 
J. A. Foster, 1903-09. 

W. H. Shadman, 1906-10. 
or W. Taylor, 1910. 

C. F. Stevens, 1910. 


if 
See 


IV 
Delegates to the Diocesan Convention, From the Old Church 


It was so largely the custom in the early days of the 
Church in this country, to send only wardens or vestrymen 
to represent the parishes in convention, that in the following 
list of delegates of the Old Church, from 1831 to 1847, the 
first two named are almost sure to have been wardens, and 
the last one a vestryman. 


1831 
Wardens—Wm. W. Hazard, Esq., Thos. B. King, Esq. 
Vestryman—Dr. Thos. F. Hazard. 
1836 
Warden—Mr. James Hamilton Couper. 
Vestryman—Mr. Charles Peabody (took seat). 
1837 
Wardens—Mr. W. H. Hazard, Mr. James Gould. 
Vestryman—Mr. John Fraser. 
1838 
Wardens—Mr. James Gould, Mr. W. W. Hazard. 
Vestryman—Mr. John Fraser 
1840 
Wardens—Mr. James H. Couper, Mr. W. W. Hazard. 
Vestryman—Mr. John Demere. 
1843 
Wardens—Mr. Charles Grant, Mr. James F. Gould. 
1844 
Wardens—Mr. Charles Grant, Mr. John Demere. 
Vestryman—Mr. Paul Demere. 
1845 
Warden—Mr. Charles Grant. 
1847 

Wardens—Hon. Thos. Butler King, Mr. John Demere. 

Vestryman—Mr. W. W. Hazard. 

The Journals of the Convention contain the names of 
the delegate from this parish since 1879; while the Minute 
Books of the parish have a complete list of Wardens and 
Vestrymen since 1880. 


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Vv 
Parish Papers 


The following are among the important papers, belong- 
ing to the parish, and are kept in a safe provided for that 
purpose, received from the late rector: 


1. Rector’s account of all money that has passed 
through his hands. 


2. Parish Registers, three. 

3. Minute Books of the Vestry, three. 

4. Trust Deed of Frederica Fund, No. 1. 
5.-Trust Deed of Frederica Fund, No. 2. 
6. Trust Deed of Frederica Fund, No. 3. 
7. ‘Trust Deed of Georgia Missions Fund. 
8. Trust Deed of Anson Dodge Home. 
Oey Wallkot Rev. A: G: P. Dodge, Jr. 

10. List of real estate of the parish. 


11. List of the property covered by insurance. 


12. Schedules of nominations of missionaries under the 
Georgia Missions Fund. 


13. Copies of all reports made to Diocesan Conven- 
tions for twelve years past. 


14. Sundry papers of historical interest to the parish. 


VI 


Frederica Fund 


This Fund is held by the Corporation under three sep- 
arate Deeds of Trust. 


First: *Dated*February 3, 1886; ison ==a=aee $ 7,747.50 


Income from this part is, first, for ““Rector’s 
Salary,” but “may * * * be used for 
Repairs, Maintenance and Improvement of 
Church, Parsonage, and Church-yard.” 


Second: +Dated February 24, 1886, is for ______ $10,511.80 


Income from this part is for “Rector’s 
Salary.” The other two deeds are merely 
parts of this principle one. 


Third: tDated September 5, 1887, is for ______= $ 9,500.00 


Income from this part is “1-19 for Rector’s 
Salary, 8-19 for Repairs and Insurance, and 
10-19 for Colored work.” 


$27,759.30 


*Note. This amount was received in 1904 from Rey. D. Stuart Dodge, he 
sending first $5,690.00, and later $2,057.50. 


+Note. The original amount was $7,500.00, but by the merging in 1905 of 
this and the “Special Fund,”’ of $1,711.80—from sale of the old rectory, with some 
accumulations, it has grown under the Corporation to its present figure. 


zNote. From 1898 to 1904 the amount required by the Third deed for 
“Repairs and Insurance’? was about $280.00 a year; and this sum was disbursed 
by the rector through the ‘‘Reserve Fund,’”’ as specified; but since 1905 the 
rector has been using for ‘repairs and insurance’’ under this deed, and for 
“yepairs, maintenance and improvement of Church, parsonage, and church-yard,”’ 
under the first deed, one-fourth of the total income of this Fund, anmually. 


Note. Mr. Dodge always took charge of the Colored work, and employed 
assistants to work under him; one of them to be paid by the “Core Missions 
Fund;’’ and this plan has been retained in the parish. 


Note. For many years past, owing to unforeseen conditions incident to invest- 
ment, nearly one-fourth of the total corpus of Frederica Fund has been non- 
interest bearing; has indeed been a charge to the income of the parish of several 
hundreds of dollars; but the officers of the Corporation are doing all they can to 
correct this difficulty. 


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